10/14 Program change-- D.E.A.F. Media/Oakland Museum Senior Tea and Tour

From: D.E.A.F. Media, Inc - Oct 9, 2004

Change:

Due to logistical considerations,  the topic of the October 14th Senior Tea and Tour with Igor Kolombatovic has been changed.  Igor will be touring the Art Gallery.   (not the "What's Going On? California in the Vietnam Era," as originally announced.)

Full announcement follows:

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D.E.A.F. Media, Inc. and the Oakland Museum of California
proudly present:

A Senior Tea and Tour
with

Igor Kolombatovic

Join Docent, Igor Kolombatovic on a tour for seniors of the Oakland Museum's Art Gallery.  Igor, a long-time Oakland Museum docent, will highlight his favorite paintings in the museum's permanent collection.  A rare opportunity to see these works from a Deaf artist's perspective.

Thursday
October 14, 2004
2 - 4 p.m.

Place:  The Oakland Museum of CA
1000 Oak Street at 10th
(1 Block East of the Lake Merrit Bart Station)

Admission:  Free with RSVP ($13. adult/ $9. senior without RSVP)

Number is limited, pre-registration is required 

 RSVP to:       drsr@deafmedia.org
(510) 841-0165 TTY
(510) 841-0163 Voice

*  Voice Interpreter will be provided  *

More Info:  http://www.museumca.org/exhibit/exhi_whats_going_on.html

IGOR KOLOMBATOVIC, an accomplished artist, first studied painting in his native Yugoslavia at the National Art Academy in Belgrade. He later studied at the Fine Arts Institute in Rome, Italy, and, after he moved to the United States, at the San Francisco Art Institute. Igor is a Docent at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and the Oakland Museum of California. A Bay Area resident for 35 years, he is a longtime member of D.E.A.F. Media's Board of Directors.

D.E.A.F. Media, Inc., 2600 Tenth Street, Berkeley, CA  94710
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